Laserfiche WebLink
<br />.0 <br />o <br />CJ <br />,.'-~ <br /> <br />N <br />'-/1 <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), under the authority of the Endangered Species <br />Act of 1973, as amended, proposes an experimental stocking of Colorado squawfish in the <br />San Juan River. This proposal is an addition to the ongoing stocking plan that has been <br />approved by the signatories of the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program <br />(Implementation Program). The Implementation Program is a cooperative effort by the <br />Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, <br />the States of Colorado and New Mexico, the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, the Southern Ute <br />Indian Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Indian Tribe, and the Navajo Nation. <br /> <br />The Implementation Program is a multi-agency, public and private effort to protect and recover <br />endangered fishes in the San Juan River Basin (Basin) while water development proceeds in <br />compliance with all applicable federal and state laws. Endangered species for which the <br />Implementation Program has been formulated are the Colorado squawfish (Ptvchocheilus <br />lucius) and the razorback sucker (Xvrauchen texanus). <br /> <br />There are two general alternatives relating to this proposal. They are (1) No Action, and (2) <br />the Experimental Stocking Proposal. The preferred alternative, as described herein, is to stock <br />50 adult Colorado squawfish in the San Juan River near its confluence with the Animas River <br />in fall 1997. <br />